Welcome! That is a GREAT top 10!
Some changes here in just over a year…
- Julian Haart / Keller
- Max Kilburg
- Hofgut Falkenstein
- Lopez de Heredia
- Peter Wagner
- Unterlind / Latour-Giroud
- Egon Muller / de Moor
- Mugnier / Guffens-Heynen
- Duroché / Jean-Marc Bouley / Mas Daumas Gassac
- Dureuil-Janthial / Les Carmes Haut-Brion / Domaine de la Pusse d/Or
Shared places as this is all approximate. I still don’t keep accurate records. Surprised there’s not more Burgundy here, but then my buying there is more spread out.
March 2024:
- Keller
- Julian Haart
- Lopez de Heredia
- Max Kilburg
- Guffens-Heynen
- Chateau Palmer (pre-‘00s)
- Hofgut Falkenstein / de Moor
- Egon Muller / Mugnier
- Unterlind / Duroché
- Dureuil-Janthial / Bel Air Marquis d’Aligre
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Relatively new to the wine game - got into it during the pandemic. I honestly didn’t expect this mix when I ran the numbers, but it’s quite interesting. I’ve been cutting back on US wines over the last year or so and allocating more to France and Italy, so I imagine those will grow.
Raen - 9%
Aubert - 6%
Domaine de la Cote - 6%
Horsepower - 5%
Produttori del Barbaresco - 4%
Domaine Tempier - 4%
Talenti - 3%
Pontet-Canet - 3%
Kobayashi - 2%
Edit: bunch of stuff tied at 1% so just did 9
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welcome to the forums!
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Definite changes since my last post…
By quantity of bottles:
- Leflaive 3.3%
- Julien Prelat 3.1%
- Dujac 3.0%
- Kinsman Eades 2.8%
- Bollinger 2.4%
- Frog’s Leap 2.4%
- Hubert Lamy 2.2%
- Louis Michel 2.0%
- Coche Dury 1.9%
- Roulot 1.9%
By total value:
- DRC
- Coche
- Leflaive
- Dujac
- Salon
- Kinsman
- Selosse
- Mugnier
- Latour
- Ramonet
Fun thread. Mine doesn’t surprise me too much, mainly makes me sad because so much of it is decades away from being ready to drink 
- Montrose (includes a decent amount of Dame)
- Leoville Barton (would’ve thought this was #1)
- Haut-Bailly
- Pontet Canet
- Domaine de Chevalier
- Pichon Lalande
- Grand Puy Lacoste
- Lagrange (bumped into the top 10 by some insane wine.com deals back in the glory days)
- Produttori
- Malartic Lagraviere (mildly surprising)
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No real surprises here, it’s pretty much all Riesling 
Emrich-Schonleber
Keller
Prum
Peter Lauer
Goodfellow
Willi Schaefer
Georg Breuer
Schafer-Frohlich
Julian Haart
Falkenstein
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1 Georges Noellat 6.8%
2 Jean-Claude Bachelet 5.0%
3 Albert Grivault 4.3 %
4 Pierre Girardin 3.9%
5 Hubert Lamy 3.9%
6 Paul Pillot 3.6%
7 Morey-Coffinet 3.6%
8 Dujac 3.2%
9 Weingut Keller 2.8%
10 Tenuta San Guido 2.5%
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Hi Steve, thanks for the insight! A cursory scroll suggests I have had the good fortune to sample several producers scattered throughout the @Robert_Panzer portfolio, and it now seems I will be forging a closer bond with messieurs Audoin and Lafouge. I do happen to be a great admirer of the more “humble” villages of Burgundy, in fact I likely drink more such wines than any other the world over, and my cynicism is frequently checked by the abundance of quality I encounter (most recently by a Marsannay from Domaine du Vieux College, unbelievable depth and interest for €25). Make no mistake, my pursuit is ceaseless. I will fill this absurd bingo card of vineyards before my time is up. I may grumble only because I am haunted by the knowledge that one could snag some Nuits-Saint-Georges for less than a plane ticket only a handful of years ago. 
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This is probably close to accurate:
- Cheval Blanc
- Ch Margaux
- Jadot
- Faiveley
- Conseillante
- Donnhoff
- Huet
- Krug
- Extradimensional
- Kelley Fox
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That is a lot of Peter Wagner in one year?
- Kinsman Eades
- Bedrock
- Realm
- Rhys
- Leoville Barton
- Beta
- Lisini
- Produttori del Barbaresco
- Fingers Crossed
- Myriad
Man, that was not surprising but also not what I mentally pictured. I feel too heavy on Cali!
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Had some already, but got some great deals (also some back vintages) so bought a lot of bottles. Across the full range. Fantastic wines and as to QPR, you can’t really do better imo
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Mailing lists get you!
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They really do. The fomo is real
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Dez 2024 - First time to track and post on this
Tronquoy(-Lalande)
Branaire-Ducru
Lanessan
Marjosse
Langoa-Barton
PdB
de Fieuzal
HBL
Mangot
LRA
May 2025 with some interesting developments
Tronquoy(-Lalande)
Branaire-Ducru
Langoa-Barton
Lanessan
Vallana
Marjosse
Sociando-Mallet
LRA
PdB
de Fieuzal
right after the first 10 come these with the same bottle #
Mangot/Baudry/HBL/DDC/LdH
and right after the first bubbles
P.Paillard/C.Heidsieck
Donnhoff
Beta
Walter Scott
Tempier
Pepiere
Cotat
Goodfellow
Jamet
Martin Mullen
Vieux Telegraphe
on the line: Jean-Louis Dutraive (Domaine de la Grand’Cour), Chapoutier, and Pegau
Last year’s predictions were mostly accurate.
Jamet stayed level. Donnhoff gained as I backfilled my vertical. Tempier did depend on backfilling (got a couple lucky auction pickups), but consumption also slowed. WS is a great value and their list was one of the only I kept this year. Dutraive did get overtaken due to price elevation relative to my initial buy in. Same with Gonon. Cotat did hang on for longer (some lucky breaks in secondary). Scholium and No girls fell off. Scholium I drank down. No Girls should never have been there. Goodfellow is actually much higher, but that is due to 4 extra cases for an event next week.
What came up? Beta. I’d worried the last CA cabs I like were made in =< '94. This is the only current release I’m buying in Napa. I made an effort to get more old Pepiere. Was tremendously impressed with Martin Mullen during my travels this year and so grabbed a bushel to think with. Vieux Telegraphe, Chapoutier, and Pegau – Lady Luck + zero’ing in on some vintage preferences.
Predictions forwards. The decline curve is still pretty step for this top 10 (exploring / region level buying is still my primary enjoyment) and I expect continued movement.
Jamet stays. Feel increasingly confident this is my home in the NR. Donnhoff increases as I continue to build the vertical. Tempier, once again, depends on backfilling, but tough to think my luck finding pre-2000 bottles at good pricing will continue. Pepiere and Cotat also backfill dependent with an easier age hurdle. Earlier this year, I thought that the combination of having many and my impression of increased reductive notes with the wines would have me pause on Walter Scott, but during my last visit the reductive notes seemed to be calmer? Maybe some in person magic. Have a decision to make here. Beta will increase as I max my allocation. Mullen - I need to figure out what type of Alien this is. Big tasting followed by double down or backing off.
VT / Jean-Louis Dutraive (Domaine de la Grand’Cour) / Chapoutier / Pegau - Like them all, but coin flip, probably down. A sparkling or sherry could very well join the top 10, as the quantity is there, just not concentrated on one producer.
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By number of bottles
- Leflaive (stopped buying EP due to pricing)
- DRC
- Coche Dury
- Roulot
- Grange Des Peres
- Dugat-PY
- Soldera
- Emidio Pepe
- Comando G
- Domaine De La Cote
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Feel too heavy on CA as well. Trying to change that.
Those 4 Reds are in my top 10 too, I don’t drink many Champagne.
Oops…I think Rousseau got pushed to #11!